Matthew 26:54-56

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⁵⁴ But how then can the Bible come true when it says this has to happen?”

⁵⁵ At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you really come out with swords and sticks to arrest me, as if I were some kind of brigand? I sat there teaching in the Temple every day, and you didn’t lay hands on me! ⁵⁶ But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.”

Then all the disciples abandoned him and ran away.